The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-04 00:00:00

Hesse es has ' ed by i ce esed o f big the la te neat, es 61.1. f" e l a pse, 1 , 0 has, Id, i f be week to or ived bal e r Vi ne le" lA. .o 'is le he ir Eeat 000 6 :011,384 i l o n. odigl 't ; u veriel a d the lay las t ' left SCOtt , e ucb, is r. Delt th eir seS s°l3. Vietkr' ~ on. Sec": tool " his coA .,° " fined is bu t th° r e rtlis IsoS 1 .: oo l i t jt 55:i0r# o' l o oo St e P e ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT—GUILDFORD, Aua. 3. (Before Mr Justice Willes.) THE EG HAM ACCIDENT. At the sitting of the court this morning, Thomas Lee, an engine driver, and John Trainer, a fireman, employed upon the South Western Railway, surrendered to take their trial upon an indictment which charged them with the manslaughter of five persons—namely, Joseph Clegg, John Coppard, Edward Hall, Robert Wilkie, and William Winfield.; This was the case for the prosecution. Sergeant Ballantine said he should submit to the court that these really was no evidence whatever to be laid before the j ury in support of the charge that was made against the Prisoners. In cases of this description it was difficult to define !exactly what amounted to gross negligence or criminality; but on the present occasion he shculd say broadly that there was no evidence at all to prove that the prisoners had been guilty of either one or the other. With regard to the speed the evidence was most conflicting; and even if the train had been going at the pace stated by some of the witnesses, he should submit that the prisoners were justified in going at such a speed, when they were aware that a train would be started at an interval of five minutes after them. Mr Justice Willes interposed, and expressed his opinion that there was not sufficient evidence to show that the pri sonears were accountable for what had occurred. It was clear that there was very great confusion with regard to the aignals, and after the statement of Col. Yolland it appeared to be rationally probable that if the second guard, who had absconded, had not neglected his duty in applying the break the train might have been stopped, and the accident would hot have taken place. Another point was, that the pri soners were entirely ignorant of the fact that the first train Was to have stopped at Egham, and that, according to the signals, instead of being stopped at the Rusham station, W hich was at no great distance from Egham,they were actu ally, according to the regulations, invited to go on. He did k now what the jury thought of the case, but .he must say for his own part that he thought the system which had been adopted was a wrong one, and that if railway companies would persist in pursuing such a system, andfatal accidents , resu lted, juries wou ld b e qu i te j ust ifi e d in compelling them r Pay heavy damages to the relatives of those who lost their lives under such circumstances. The question on the pre kesent occasio n was w h et h er the driver of a train, who was pt in ignoran ce o f th e state of affairs upon the line, was be held responsible for an accident such as this, and this was the only question for the jury to consider. Mr Beat urged that it should be left to the jury to say Whether the driver was not guilty of criminal negligence in g o ing at such a speed as 50 miles an hour when so near the station. He admitted that there was some conflicting tes timony Upon this point ; but he submitted that this was a tatter for the consideration of the jury. Mr Justice Willes said he doubted whether this was suf. ficient under the circumstances, and that in order to justify hj u lY in convicting it must be shown that the prisoners ad been guilty of gross and culpable negligence of such tpdo:3 aus.i character as could not be misunderstood or considered After some further discussion, the learned judge said t would be better not to withdraw the case from the jury, and Sergeant Ballantine accordingly was about to address them:on behalf of the prisoners. Th e jury, however, int e rf ere d, a n d sa id th e y en ti re l y coincided with the view that had been taken of the case by the learned judge. They were strongly of opinion that there had been no culpable negligence on the part of the prisoners, a nd that the accident had arisen in consequence of the com- PallY having given dangerous instructions which could not be carried out. Mr Justice Willes said he was of the same opinion, and it would have been very wrong to convict persona in the position of the prisoners solely because they were unable to carry out arrangements of the description that had been re ferred to. It seemed to him that the accident was entirely to be attributed to the mistaken regulations made by the Company, and not to any criminal negligence on the part of the prisoners, and that it would only be a waste of time to proceed further with the inquiry. The jury then returned a verdict of not guilty. A similar verdict was then taken upon the coroner's inquisitions, and the prisoners were ordered to be discharged from custody. There is only one criminal case remaining to be disposed of, so that in the course of to-morrow Mr Justice Wilke will no doubt assist in disposing of the cause list. On the civil side Baron Martin triod several common. jury causes, but none of there presented any features of interest to the public. MONEY MAREBT AND COMMIECIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. N otwithstanding the slightly easier appearance of the Money Market within the last few days, the Ve ekly court of the Bank of England directors is awaited with some interest. No difficulty, how ever, has been experienced during the morning in ne gotiatin g With hills at the current quot a ti ons . the Magdalena has arrived from the B raz il s T he Mexi can d o ll ars b y th e W est I nd i a packet "ave been sold at ss. 3d. per ounce, showing a fall of id. from the previous price. T he Prospectus of the Pen i nsular, West Indian, and Southern Bank will be found in another e vannan of The Sun. The capital is set down at 42 )000,00 0, in 20,000 £lOO shares, £1 payable on aPPlication and £4 on allotment. Power is, of : aut o, taken to increase the capital, and a very Qsattfying commercement has already been made, f B ,. °v er 10,000 shares h ave b een su b scr ib ed 0-f' at the very outset, " placing " one-half the entire capital. The principal of limited l l abilit Y in ba n ki ng has b een successful l y suppl i ed e ma ny directions, b u t th e t ra d e b e t ween thi s al: antr oa y and th e W est I n di es st i ll requ i res accom -BC4ti°ll, 'whilst the enormous trade of the Southern the" is entirely without provision. The object vhe!efore, of t h ecompany is to take up that ground piefalchn mos t unaccountably has remained unoccu -41,44 the present time, and from the known to t a l °f the dire c t ors th e p ro po s ition is c er t a i n meat L n : tit 4 highly lucrative and profitable employ r ve ca pital. The prospectus, which contains a th" alie ld programme of the intended operations of teeetrillP4°Y) is well 1 worthy the most careful at piac.4ll by everyone reeking an opportunity of 73 g their capital out to the best advantage, be. ~,• se loaner or l ater t h e war i n A mer i ca must ter :4l4te, and, th en, i mme di ate s t eps w ill b e taken to r t t end the b an k (w i th i ts esta bli s h ed machinery) 111 dot° the S outhern States, where, with the connec -48 already formed, by its operations in the "rto ni ding islands, it i s b u t f a i r to pre . rein it would b ecome th e b an k of the outh ; and when it is remembered that the S outhern St atea of America, in one article of export ! l °°; gave employment to one-third of the menu acturing population of England, it is impossible to overstate the prospects of a bank commencing business there With the advantages of a large capital and an established connection. The operations of the bank are to be limited by the art i cles o f t h e association to a legitimate finacial bu and from the p os i t i on and influencer of the-gentlemen forming the direction the success of the under taking is rendered certain. Under the auspices of the Credit Mobilier, the Natal Investment Company has been brought for ', ard. The objects are the lending and investment la the colony of Natal and the adjacent British Ipossessions, of money obtained upon debentures or a P o sits; the acquisition, developnaent, and resale of t 444 ; the affording assistance to owners, and men er° ; the promotion of public works ; conducting 12 4 : l eial operations ; the transaction of all kinds of te e 8 : 448 1 and the management of estates for absen tl4.4,4d others. The growing prosperity of the colony t o -4v:44 increasing value of lend testify sufficiently con, '" large field presented for the operations of the e at : k t ) , tt. °Y, and the large dividends obtained by similar of "utishments demonstrate the profitable character th e business it is proposed to transact. The 1a • t4ta l required is £500,000, the first issue consist.. tof half th e amount in shares of £5O each: vh.e ' O at week' s raioray receipts, ascertained up al a day, are, in round figures, as under : re at 1864. 1863. " estern .................. 272,153 £67,297 tril:weesstteernra .................. ................... 2 5,907 28,757 1 18,071 103,561 ............. .............. 29,069 `6,569 71: 1 ?uth ~4.a.S.tr. tie ........................ 49,183 45,503 ertl ....................... 30,295 30,197 Ici,: l3 , t , m "K' i o r r e th and • ... ........... 38,032 33,340 rti,°l..azltExeter ....................... 4 1,473 38,090 Qrea EastersB,oBB 7,968 t a ern ........................ 63,686 67,347 .. , and Linc01n...... 19,367 17,315 Z,r a t c 4 h z k r te it ri sli SheM;i d . ............. 34,63 3 32,625 15, 15, e 0 1 f 5, t o h 2 e 9 These re tu;n; ....... . .. with Baole period of last year, are in moat instances of a 12,1gehlY satisfactory character. On the Great Western toe increase is £1,856, the North Western, £0,510; % South Western, £ll2O ; the Midland, £3,680; £'l.‘,...S:uth Eastern, £93 ; the Great Northern, "- ; the Laecaehice mad Yorkshire, 4 5 ,383 ; i the Bristol and Exeter, £120; the North Eastern, £6,339; the Great Eastern, £2,008 ; the Manches ter, Sheffield, and Lincoln, £2,052 ; and the North British, £BB2. The Brighton, however, shows a decreaEe of £5OO. The bidding® for 30,00,000 rupees (L 30,000) in bills on India took place yesterday at the Bank of England. The proportions allotted were—To Cal cutta, 17,74,000 rupees ; to Bombay, 12,00,000 rupees ; and to Madras, 26,000 rupees. The mini mum price was, as before, is 111 d per rupee on Calcutta and Madras, and is lltd on Bombay. The applications within the limits amounted to 238 lace. Tenders on Calcutta and Madras at is 111 d will receive about 23 per cent., on Bombay, at 2s Old, about 85 per cent. These were the highest prices tendered. Two o'CLocK. At Paris this day, accgrding to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the French 3 per Cents. were 66t, 30c. The directors of the Bank of England have advancea their minimum rate of discount from 7 to 8 pa. cent. This measure was not anticipated, and it has consequently produced some commotion in monetary and commercial circles. Discounters are asking 81 to 8i per . cent. for the negotiation of superior three months bills, and the consequence is that the majority proceed to the Bank of England, although for the moment there is comparatively little demand. The joint stock banks and discount houses have increased their allowance of interest on deposit ac counts as follows :—For 7 days' notice of with drawal, from 5 to 6 per cent., and for 14 days, from 6 to 7 per cent.; at call, however, it remains at 5 per cent. The English Stock Market has suffered through the rise in the rate of discount. Sales have been pressed, and as much as a decline of per cent. has occurred, Consols for money and account being 891 to 891. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 84, Exchequer Bills 20s to 13s dis, India Five per Cents. 1041 1, and the Debentures 978. A general decline has also occurred in the value of Foreign Securities. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 694 704 ; do. Consolides, 50 4 ; Mexican, 29 4 ; do. New, 26; e ; Spanish Passive, 298 ; Greek 23; 248; Portuguese, 47; 488; Venezuelan Scrip, 9 dis. ; and the Confederate Loan, 75 76. In the Railway Share Market a heavy tone has been produced by the advance in the value of money. Caledonian has declined £1; Great Eastern, 155.; Great Western, North Western, and Midland, 103. ; and North (Eastern (Berwick) 6s. ; while Metropolitan have improved £l. Tne Foreign and Colonial lines have re mained inactive without material change in values. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue dull. London and County, however, have improved to 771 78w ; Oriental Bank to 59 60 ; Alliance have declined to 66 ; and Crystal Palace Stock has advanced to 33k. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do Account, Ang. 9 3 per Cent. Reduced B9b 81 New 3 per Cent. B9 8i 9i 81 New 2i per Cent. Jan. 1891.... Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire nth Jan., 1880 — Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 & 31 per Cent. 20 20 dis Do £5OO Do £lOO and £2OO .. l3 Bar.k England Stic, 5} per Ct. Do Account.. INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 10} per Cent., April 1874.... 211 Do Account Do 6 per Cent. July, WO Do Account.... — Do 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 — Do Certificates Do Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .... Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 — Do 5t per Cent., May, 1879 — Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 .. Du Bonds .I,OUU 97i ~.,Do under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent . Do 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Do 4i per Cent., 1852-58-6 U .. Do 1863 — 'kenos Ayres 6 per Cent Do Account .. Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) :Milian 3 per Cent. — Do 4} pez Cent. .. — Colombian 6 per Ge Cuba, 6 per Cent. Do 5 per Cent. 1864 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Egyptian 7 per Cent.. .. 102 1 Do, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. Do Account 24/ 3/ Do Coupons Do Account . ~ Guatemala 5 per Cent. .. Do 1839 and 1859 Italian 6 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent Do Account Do 6 per Cent, 1864 i 261 1 Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — die Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French a! , Ditto Scrip, £23 paid.... — dis Moorish Imperial 6 per Cent New Granada .. — Do 2 per Cent. Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) — Peruvian 41 per Cent .. Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren).. Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account • • Do 3 per Cent., 1866, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3.. Do Account 4B/ 71 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Do 41 per Cent., 1850 .. Do 1860 -- Do 3 per Cent 1859 Do 5 per Cent, 1862 Do Anglo-Dutch Do Scrip, £4O paid — pni Sardinian 5 per Cent Do Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account — Do Passive Do Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded — Do Account .. 11/ I i Swedish, 4 per Cent. — Do Scrip, £6O paid —• pm Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 . — Do Account' 72 / Do LIN Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account .. 704 69/ ( /Do £lOO Bonds.. 1863 .. 69 . Do . _ _ Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do Account Do 6per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do Scrip £3O paid Do 1i per Cent TWO O'CLOCK. asols Money Do Account.... B9l 1 Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market very flat. Sales about 4,000 bales. RIMING-THIS DAY, LONDON, Aug. 4.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; moderate breeze and tine weather, but rather cloudy. Shieldse d l b forer t PLiEtr Viet'or, I ;o u ra T lon A d u onfo g. 3 1: — C W alc i u n t a ta— S I W ona7f A ro r m ri N.S. CARDIFF, Aug. 2.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Jnatyn, from Quebec. QuEENEITOIYI.7, Aug. 3.—Wind S.W.—Arrivedg—Etna) screw steamer, from New York, and proceeded at 12 p.m. for Liverpool. SHIELDS, Aug. w.s.w,....Anived—Ezpress, from St. Mary's. (By EL'ECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday 11Iorning. Arrived—Agnes, from Ha m b urg —Alliance steamer, from from vre itTo j inro., (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPIL) Gunvzszxn, Thursday Morning. Arrived, Aug. 3 —Eureka, from Riga—Patriot, from A b i o— aur M iti a u r s i — ner, from Quebec— Ladegard, f rom Memel—Acacia, Alexandria—Coronet, from Quebec—Marlet an d S un fl ower, from Cronstadt—Scandia, ham G E fie—l r ene, f rom S o d er - ha e m m — el— En A n c e a r e d i a a l ?' from Eliza, from Lyskell — Browns, from. Gothenburg —Ring dove, from Cappelshaum. fro C m olom Arrived, August 4 Kate, from Nassau —Earl of Auck land, from Rotterdam—Baron Osy, from Antwerp —Con cordia, from Boulogne—Neptune, from Havre. Sailed, August 4—Tartar, for Lisbon. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed—ll.M.S. Fox, from W9aivicb.—Tartar, lam London —both for the West. ;. 3: e d by li tile r incess THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 4, 1804. SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND 5T006.9. Wol.,and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleaf.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Uornwall Do. B Do A (A gets no dig b ti 11 6p c.p an.haseen paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. Edinburgh & Glarg,ow. Glasg. and S. Western.: Great Eastern, Ord. ctk 1 Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock, Laneashite & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright ,& S. Coast Lon., Chat, and Dover Lon. & Norf - h Western Lon. & So',th Western Man., Slid., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle Dot shares Metropolitan Midland Do New _ . Do - firming. & Derby Mid. (it. W. of Ireland Do. a shares Mid Kart Do Cray Lin e North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle ,North London Do New ..... North Staffordshire N. and S. %V. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stook Do Soot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welohpool iShronshire Union ;South Devon ..... South Eastern !South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok.,an d Wok. Stockton di Darlington Do Do New, 186 G Taff Vale« Do B, Do C ;Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford tz Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har, &R I West Midland —Oxford Do. Newport Do Hereford $ tj 9 9i 85 67 1241 1251 6 7 35 36 16 17 01 93 110 112 48 49 7} 71 133 186 153 155 128 13; 90 9: 681 61k 1211 121/, 70 72 100 (0i 43 44 117 i 118 Ofq 091 671 681 111 k 1124 130 1394 107 109 55 66 26 116 110 111 136 i 67i 97i 98i 126 129 4 1i1) 79 81 14 11} 125 130 38 40 67 69 85 17 92 931 103 105 7} 84 374 381 10/ 111 y 4 04 165 170 6 7 t. 3 4 1, 98 103 35 37 48 71 351 a 5 69 8& 107 6i I!7k k 671 k Ul3l 114 13 14 13,E 139} 81 Eoi 672 POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF BURGLARY.---A few days ago a young man, named Philip Selby Moss, who gave an address at Manchester, was charged at this court with burglariously breaking and entering a house in War dour-street, he having entered the house by climbing up the street door and forcing himself through the fanlight. He told the persons in the house that he had come there for protection in consequence of being pursued by several thieves. The prisoner's conduct was so singular that Mr Knox considered that no burglary was contemplated and that the young man's mind was affected. He therefore remanded the young man that his friends might be commu nicated with. This morning Mr Smith, a wholesale stationer, ac quainted with the family, attended, and stated that he had seen the young man at the House of Detention, and that he believed he was not in his right state of mind. Amongst other things he had told him that he had been pursued by 12 men, and that he had 10 sisters. Mr Knox said he had received a letter from Mr Alder man Heywood, of Manchester, who knew the family, and from inquiries that gentleman had made, he found that, having been refused admission at a late hoar by his sister to their house, he had left the place, and nothing further was heard of him till the reports appeared in the papers. Mr Smith said one of the young man's sisters would attend and take him back with her if he was allowed to go. Mr Knox said he should have no objection to give him back to his friends, being under the impression the young man was not in his right state of mind. A gentleman said the young man had been subjected to fits, and once jumped from a high window, but that was two years ago, since which time there had been no recur rence to the fits. Mr Knox observed that the best thing that could be done would be to put the young man under medical treatment. When the young man was brought before him to-morrow, if his friends were in attendance, he would be given up. A SOLDIER CHARGED WITH WILFUL DAMAGE.—James Edward Smith, a private of the Grenadier Guaids, was charged before Mr Knox with wilfully, while drunk, da maging two ball handles, the property of Mr Parker, of 21, Portland-street, Soho. Mrs Parker said that on the previous afternoon an oyster shell was thrown through an open rindow on to a landing of her house, and shortly after she heard violent knocking and ringing. She went down to the door, and found the prisoner violently ringing the bells, and making use of the most disgusting language. Damage was done to the bell handle to the amount of 69. Mrs Williams, residing in the same house proved seeing the prisoner hammering the bell handle with the buckle of his belt. Ile accused her of having robbed him. The prisoner was very drunk. Sergeant Edwarde;, C 2—Saw the prisoner, who was very drunk, standing at the door of the house surrounded by a large crowd. The prisoner, who had his belt in his hand at the time, admitted breaking the bell handles, but said he would pay for them. The prisoner said he went down the mews at the side of the house and some water was thrown over him, and he only went to the house f.ir satisfaction when a piece of cruet of bread was thrown in his face. The prisoner's sergeant gave him a fair character, but said he had been absent five days. Mr Knox ordered him to pay the damage, a fine of 10s., or in default to be committed for 14 days, THAMES. SCANDALOUS ROBBERY OF A SAILOR. —Sarah Williams, who carried a child in her arms, and Sarah Downey, two notorious thieves, who have often been in custody, were brought before Mr Paget charged with stealing a £lO Bank of England note, 30s. in gold, and 17s. or 18s. in silver, from the person of Henry Young, a very smart homeward seaman, who has been recently paid off. The prosecutor said he met with - Williams yesterday evening, and went home with her to a house in Downshire street, Commercial-road. Af ter b eing with her some time was then getting over d sh ea e r w j as ac c k, udd th lin at g h b i e m k u n p e: o sh fo e ndly ' and calling him her him, as it was the way the girls got over chaps. Soon after that he found her taking the guard off his silver watch. He then began to suspect her, and missed all his money. There was a £lO note in a piece of paper, his gold in a purse, and his silver loose. He left the house when he missed his money and thought he would go home. He met Williams again coming out of a public house. She tried to get his watch again, but the guard was too strong. He gave her into custody, and Downey then interfered and tried to pull her away. In answer to questions by the magistrate, the sailor said he had never been robbed before; but he knew the ways of the girls, when they robbed a sailor they pretended to be very fond of him. He had a good deal of drink last night. He met Williams on Tuesday for the first time. He did not go home with her then, because he was not paid off. He was certain he had his money in his pockets when he went home with her. He felt her hands in his pocket. Williams here said she never saw the sailor until he gave her into custody. - - • - - James Buckley, a pnlic3 constable, No. 140 H, said the prisoners were given into custody by Young, who said that Downey fondled him, and threw her petticoats over his head when he went home with Williams. The woman calling herself Sarah Williams had given a false name and address. Her real name was Margaret Pease, or Pea. Young was recalled, and said he did not know whether Downey was in the house or not when he entered it with Williams, He then made some contradictory statements. Mr Paget could not rely on the sailor's evidence, and discharged the prisoners. MARKETS---'ibis Day. MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES, Wheat, 44s Od ; barley, 27s 7d ; oats, 22s 4d ; rye, 30s 2d ; beans, 38s 4d ; and peas, 35s ltd. THE SI% WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 42s Od ; oats, 21s 4d ; rye, 31s Id ; beans, 36a 9d ; peas, 348273 s d 7. d ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 96,052 ; barley, 1,622 ; oats, 3,996 ; rye, 46 ; beaus, 2;776 ; peas, 290 quarters. barley, Lord John Manners on Agriculture, The annual gathering of the Leicestershire and Waltham Agricultural Society took place yesterday at Market Harborough. The show was good and the attendance very large. Upwards of 600 ladies and gentleman sat down to dinner in a large pavi lion on the showground. Lord John Manners, M.P., presided, and among the guests were Lora Banters, Viscount Ingestre, M.P., Lord Curzon, M.P., Mr. Packe, M.P., Mr Hartopp, M.P., Mr Hunt, M.P., General Gisborne, Mr R. Gough, Mr W. W. Tailby, Mr Spofferth, Mr Bennett, the Dean of Waterford, &c. After the usual loyal and constitutional toasts had been given and duly honoured, The " Health of the Members for the Counties of Leicedter and Northampton" was given and warmly received. The toast was acknowledged by Mr Packe, Lord Curzon, Ifr Hartopp, and Mr Hunt. The CHAIRMAN rose to propose the toast of the day. After complimenting the company on the show, which, ho observed, had never been excelled, the noble lord said—You will now expect me to take stock of the agricultural proceedings and operations during the past year. A good ,deal has been said of the ravages which the disease im ported in foreign cattle has made among our own beasts; but still, in spite of those ravages, I think I may say that, with the exception of the low price of wheat, produced to some degree, no doubt, by the abundant supply which was vouchsafed to us by the last year's harvest, speaking generally, the agricule tural community has not had much reason to com plain. With reference to that low price of wheat, I think I am not wrong in asserting that the time has come when it behoves the farmer to consider deliberately and maturely whether for the future wheat ought to hold that primary place which it has hitherto held in his affections, and to say whe ther to a certain extent some other crop may not be introduced to supply the place of that which may in some degree be profitably diminished. (Hear, hear.) Now; in order to arrive at a just solution of that question, I think it absolutely essential for a moment to glance at the condition not only of English agriculture, but of English manufactures; and if in that wider glance we see reason to believe ' that a crop not hitherto cultivated to any appre ciable extent in England may profitably be substi- Wed in some measure for that crop which during a series of years has in the opinion of many practical men failed to givo a sufficient remuneration to the grower, I hope I may be excused if I venture to draw your attention to that not unimportant sub ject. (Hear.) Soon after the outbreak of the pre sent desolating American war I ventured at a large gathering in Leicester to call attention to the pro. bable increased demand which would arise for flax and woollen goods. With regard to wool, we are well aware of the enhanced price of that commo dity, and I think no English farmer—and certainly no Leicestershire farmer—requires to be reminded of the remuneration which ho is receiving from a diligent cultivation of wool. But with respect to flax I fear that the question assumes a different cha racter. I rejoice, however, that during the last few months two members of this society have ventured on that experiment, and with your permission I will add a few words which I hope will induce others to follow their example. Within the last few months we have had an important Government official report upon this subject, and that report has been published by the Government for the edification and instruc tion of the people. In that report Mr. Baker ex presses his anxious desire that every English far mer will for the future grow no less than five acres of flax. I do not presume to be so sanguine as Mr. Baker, but I venture to express an earnest hope that the soil will be found sufficiently favourable for that venture to the farmers of England, and that the farmers of Leicestershire will not shrink from trying that experiment. (Hear, hear.) I may be told that there is little soil in this county that is favourable to the growth of flax. I cannot set my opinion against that of any practical gentleman present, but I think, speaking generally, that some misapprehen sion exists on this subject of the soil. True un doubtedly it is that what is called a good dry loam, a strong subsoil, is the most favourable ground for the cultivation of flax; but, after all, the main point is to arrive at a clean, dry, deep bed for the flax seed. I think I see a sufficient representation of agricul tural skill before me to know that other soils besides those learns can be very easily made available for that purpose. [A Voice—How will it pay ?] I hear a gentleman inquire, " How will it pay ?" And that, after all, is the important question at issue —(hear) and the gentleman will find a full and ample answer in a little work which has recently been published by a practical farmer, who has for many years tried the experiment. Mr, Charley gives you a course of practical results, S and shows that the lowest clear profit per acre is £3, and the highest £l5 10s, and that the mean profit is £9. (Hear, hear.) I do not presume to ask what have been the mean profile of wheat cultivation during the last six years in the country, but I believe that if you can get a profit of £9 per acre it will not be an unprofitable mode of cultivating, at any rate, a portion of your farms. (Hear.) But, it may be asked," Can you depend oz the continuance of the great demand which at present exists ?" On looking at the report of Mr. Baker I find that there is a very great demand for flax linen goods not only in the United Kingdom, but through cut Europe ; that at the present moment the fl ax manufacturers in France are working day and night--that the Irish linen manufacturers are cry ' i ng ou t fo,.- more flax—that upwards of 2J0,000 new spindles for flax machinery have been ordered at Leeds and Branford during the last few months — and that there is an.Zong those conversant with the subject an apprehension of a flax famine. (Hear, hear). I think you may rev upon it there is no fear of any present remunerative ci:mand for linen goods, and I may say, further, althou gLA the Irish farmers have been lately so stirred up that they have added during the last year 64,000 acres to the cultivation of flax, upwards of one-half the raw matecial worked up in the United Kingdom comes from abt oad, and that supply is estimated at not less than six m;llions of money. (Hear.) The six millions of money we a re no w sending to Archangel, to India, and good ness knows where, for the supply of that charming little plant which might be grown on our own soil to be afterwards worked by our own countrymen. (Hear, hear.) If there be any disposition in the Leicestershire agricultural community to make this as I think an easy a nd hopeful venture, I shall be proud and pleased to offer a humble prize for the best sample of flax that can be shown at our next Meeting. (Cheers.) Having addressed myself to that topic which seemed to me to be most in ac cordance with the objects of this meeting, I will n ow say a few words on the uneventful Session which has just closed. With the exception of the abortive attempt to legislate on, and if possible to prevent, the entrance of diseased cattle int m easure o our t ports, I am not aware of an y that has received the s anction of her Majesty di rectly affecting the interests of agriculture. A me asure, it is true, h as received the Royal assent ; but when four members of Parliament have ad dressed you without making any reference to it, I think I may be pardoned if I assume that it is not one that greatly stirs or excites the agricultural mind. I allude to t he Act which permits those who are interested or engaged in agriculture to malt barley for feeding cattle. (A laugh.) I heard the m ention of that Act rece ive d with derisive cheers, and surprised 1 confess I am not in the least at such a reception. But although t he Act is a dead letter, yet indirectly I think we may attribute a certain de roe of importance to it. A movement t ook p lace g daring the autumn and winter in favour of the re peal or a great diminution of the malt tax. But before any proposition tending in that direction co uld be brought before Parliament, the Chancellor feel ing, of the Exchequer as I suppose , the impos sibility of maintaining under a system of free trade a law which prohibited the producers of barley and the manufacturers of meat from dealing as they might t introducehink best with an article of agricultural d the measure to which I have produce, referred. When its burdensome and troublesome provisions were ma de known, I do not think there wa s a practical man in the country who believed that any geed would come it, of and I am not sur prise prised that an egricultural assembla g e attaches no importance to the matter directly, but indirectly I think the measure, after the admission of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, will tend to a grevt reduction, and the question can no longer be treateki with lightness or derision. (Hear.) My belief is that if the discussion of that question is persevered in with moderation and temper, and if the interests of the great body of consumers are identified with those of the producers of barley and the manufac turers of meat, the question may be pressed in a future session to an eventful issue. (Cheers.) Inte resting, painfully interesting, as the past session has been to all who love the good faith, honour, and dignity of this country, I am not aware, with the two exceptions I have mentioned, that anything has occurred which necessarily calls for any remark whatever. Speaking generally, I should say that the partial collarse of that great industry which de pends entirely for its raw material on foreign sop plies, the continued and remarkable advance of these manufacturing industries which draw their supplies of raw material either altogether or chiefly from our own country or our own Colonies have, in spite of the comparatively small imports of foreign cattle, ell have combined to create in public opinion, both within and without the walls of Parliament, a far greater appreciation of the enormous national importance of those homely old-fashioned opera tions to which you, as a society, are devoted. I believe that the run of common sense has in that respect set in, and that there is not at the present moment a manufacturing township in the north in which the transcendent importance of a good har vest and of agricultural improvement is not fully and cheerfully recognised—(heer, hear)—and when we talk of agricultural improvements we do not in this society mean only the application of fresh skill and industry and capital to the soil, we do not mean only the increased return from a grateful soil which will follow that application of capital and industry, but we mean the advancement in the social scale of that great and deserving class, the tillers of the soil, whose virtues, whose skill, whose industry, and whose good conduct, this society recognizes and en deavours to encourage and promote. Animated, then, by the conviction that the promotion of agri culture subserves the best interests of all classes of the English community, and that these societies and these gatherings tend to promote that bene ficial result, I ask you to join me in drinking "Prosperity and success to the Leicestershire and Waltham Agricultural Society." (Loud cheers.) Several other toasts were given, and duly honoured. Sharei l Paid. Bailways. Closing Business • Price. done. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Share Railway!' Paid. Price. Business done 100 atlantic &St Lawrence - all 58 80 Bom.,Baroda.l2.Cent Ind Sk 100 1015 1025 Gu. 5 per cent... 20 1)o. New ..... 8 20 Do. E. Shares.......—. 75 p 205 Builalo and Mae Huron all a 5 4 10 Do. Prefers/nee 100 1 Buffalo,BrantAGodrid 100 75 80 6 p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 187 100 75 SO iOO Do. do. June 1, 1879 100 75 80 st Clcutta.aS.Eastn. (Lim 100 97 99 at Cape Town Dock Berl; 100 94 96 strok Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. r 100 102 104 IC2& Cook East Indian. gu. sp. o. 100 102 103 1024 20 Do. do. G Ext l5 par p 20 Do. do. H do. stook Grand Trunk of Canada 100 195 205 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 71 73 100 Do. do. deterred...—. all 81 63 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 66 68 100 Do. do. deferred all 55 57 100 Do. 3d Piet stock 100 Do. do. deferred. all 43 45 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock all 28 SO 29 100 Do. do. deferred all 26 28 stock Gt.lndisPenin.gua.sp.c 100 102 103 1021 I 20 Do. New gua. sp. a l2 par 51) Do. January, 1882 .. stook Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 99 101 205 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 9} 91 205 Do. New .. . . 18 115 11, 1 100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt . all 89 91 100 Do. 55 pa. do. '77-8.. 10 Endian Branch Limited 2 5 d stook Madras guar. sp. c. 100 995 1005 991 stock Do. 4} p. 0. Extension 100 93 95 stock Dc.44 do lOO 8) 91 91 20 Do. Fifth Extension 2 stock 31elb.Corp. 6p. 0. Bnds lOO 50 Slelb. & Hobson's Bay all 59 61 100 Do. 7p. c. Hoeg. Bds all 20 Ntwßr un swick Canda Class A and B all S 5 N. Itl.C'da6 pc Ist pt bds 100 82 84 stock Soinde (100 101 101 stock Do. Delhi, .. )1 p 1 100 994 1004 20 Do. do • ' 2 pr 5p st Do. Punjaub ' all 995 1005 Do. Do. ........ s'ook Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 1,100 9l 95 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 6 p.c.J a ,1L Jul' - 1877-84 100 98 100 100 Do. Ap. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 100 103 Do. bp. Q.Mar.& Sept. 100 100 103 Do. sp. 0. Jan.&July. 10C 87 8) 88 Do. 5 Jnscribed stock 100 87 8) i Cape G.Hope, 6p 0,1873 100 104 106 Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 100 107 109 Do. 1896 100 109 111 - Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 107 109 1091 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 111 113 'Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 104 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cont 100 146 108 - ;N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.&July 100 93 100 Do. Bp. o.Ap. & Oot. 100 N. S.W. Gov. 5p 1.,18U 100 97 99 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1871 100 965 973 Do. d0.,1888 &upwde 100 065 973 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 - 'Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. a sterling, 1875. lOO 99 101 IQueensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 103 105 8. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up 100 105 108 Vlo.Gov. 6 p.o. Ja.&July 100 Do. to 6 p.a A.D.&00... 100 1091 1103 110 91 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 id Cliflbrd Amalgamated S 3 34 Devon G. Con.. (Tavist ) 1 570 680 East Bassett (Illogan) 30 08 70 -- East Clogau Gold Ltd lEast Caradon ..... 284 295 'East Carn Brea.. , 3.4.0 83 81 i E. WI Russel (Tavistk )' 8.13.0 43 6 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen , 581 6 8 - Great South 17s 23 23 IG. Wheal Vor (llelston, 40 26 28 f3erc4's-Foot . 8.12 68 40 Elingston Downs 4.18.0 35 45 Lady Bertha Margaret Wily Lelant ilk 8 10 Marke Valley. 1 Nlyndy Iron Oro (Lim ; 24 15 1 d New Seton . lel 75 85 • North Downs 3 15 13 IN.Wh'll3asset(lllogan, 3.1.0 2 24 ' North Wheal Crotty l'ar Consols (St. Blazey ) Providenoe(Uny Lelni.; 10.0.7 40 42 South Caradon(St.Cleer, 15 470 480 3. Carn Brea (Illogan) S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan, 18.18.9 45 50 ,Stray Park - ITamar Silv.& Lead Min — '- fin Crort 9 171 181 West Basset (Illogan) l4 9 10 W Cr radon (Liskeard) 5 15 17 West Seton Wheel Basset (Illogan)i 53 874 eg !Wheal Buller(lsedruth)lo e 5 28 IWheal Kitty (I).Lelant)! 2.0.6 - WhealLudoott ' Wheal Mary Ann gen ) 8 14 16 Wheal 3eton 584 22Q 230 Wheal Trelawney (Lis.) 7 19 21 Wheal Union 3.17 15 2 I'ItEFERENCE 61.1.4.1tEb. Northern, 5 per cent.. WO, 5 per cent. red. at.lo per cent. poi., 103 LINES LEASED Ar ItkiNTAL3. Lancaster and Carlisle, 214 FOILEICIN RAILWAYS, Central Argentine, 2} Ban Paulo (lim.), vita. 7 per cent., 14 Ditto (all), 19k FOREIGN MINES: Cape Copper, lira., 119 I Cobre Copper, 291 St. John del Rey (Una.), 401 United Me4ican llins e , 5i BANKS. Agra and 1111sterman's (lim.), Ditto, issued at 30 pm., 671 Alliance (Imo, 66 new, 6 Anglo-Italian, limited, 7i Bank of Egypt, 30* Bank of ()tag% Um., 3i British and Californian, Um., 51 Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and Ching, Ditto, new, issued at 10 per cent., 304 Consolidated Bank, Um., Ili llurOpean Bank, lira., lit Ditto ca o. Imperial Bank of India, China, itinl Japan, Urn., 6j Imperial Ottoman, 173 Land Mortgage Bank of India, Ifni, 5 i London and Brazilian (lim.), 49 London and County, 78 7i 8i 7i 81 LondonVoint Stock, 10 CHLOBOFOIIIII.—If, in experiments with chloro form ou dogs, rabbits, &0., poisoned on purpose, we almost immediately find (as we do) that the most marked, indeed only marked post-mortem appearance, is cardiac syncope, that is, this gorging of the right cavity of the heart with healthy blood, the lungs passive : if in post mortem examinations of patients in hospitals that have suc cumbed to ohloroform, we find the same thing, the statistical inference appeared to Snow very clear, though it is an error, that the deaths were from paralysis of the heart. So it is considered in nearly all our standard books on surgery, and electricity is still tried in the hospitals to the heart I in many cam, without any good effect whatever, One is very desirous that the true manner of applying elec tricity to the phrenic nerve and respiratory muscles in deep anatsthesia with a magneto-eleotro current were better known, ns in this form this agent is most effectual in re storing life; while, applied to the heart directly, as is usual, it only extinguishes what life there is left in that organ, and coagulates this blood in the right cavities, in cases of apparent death from drowning, it is even more valuable, but a " terra incognita " to our " Humane Society." Reasoning, indeed, from a large experience of ten or a dozen years, watching chloroform administration in London hospitals; in more than ten thousand case?, he author believes that the heart is never attacked by this paralysis, which appears from a mere " post hoc" statisti cal inductian.—Dr 2t.fgeiso ott Glaprol'orin. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The siv e, of beasts h ere to- d ay was mo d era t e ly ex en the condition o f th e s t ock was by no means first-rate. Prime Scots, D evons, an d H ere f or d s c h ange d h an ds freely' at very full prices. Otherwise, the beef trade was inactive, on former terms. We were fairly supplied w ith sheep, for which the inquiry ruled steady, at full quota tions. The best Downs w ere wor th 5s 4d per 81bs, Lambs sold so mewhat fr eely, at Monday's currency—viz., t 6 b u u P t Pi Y f ro m as to 7s Per 81 bs. Prime calves changed hands stnefaedriil:; but uo improvem en t took place i n th e i r va l ue. I calves, as wall as pigs and milch cows, commanded very little attention. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. 8. d. s. d. s. d. s. d Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 Prime crs-wool do. 4 6 4 10 2 Prae.S'thdowndo.s 0 5 4 8 Large orse. calves 4 0 4 8 4 10 5 2 Prime small do 4 10 5 0 Crse. ez, inf. sheep 3 6 3 10 18s to 228 ; an d Large hogs 3 6 4 0 e 'Small porkers 42 4 6 Second e re cic Prime Primeo n i: d d sl q aq curnoagitt,:y:2,4t. .. 44 3 1 : 0 : 4 4 Lanabs....6s Od to 7s Od. quarter-old store pigs, Beasts .. .......... 1,120 .. 140 , Cows ............ 9 200 1 Sheep and lambs... • '4 , 0 , Calves ............ 20 S s 1 i t 0(3:021T5i suckl ing g l e a schu calves,.r y . Pigs. .............. 3601 FOREIGN svPrLy. Beasts .. . 510 Sheep and lambs .... 2,350 Calves Pig s ; ATE AT MARKETS. vea l, 3s 8d to 48 6d ; and pork, 35 4d to NEIVGATZ AND LZADENHALL.—The supplies of meat are very moderate, and the trade rules inactive, as follows : Beef, trom Od to 45 4d; mutton, 38 2d to 4s 8d ; lamb, fo 3 l s iovi o s :t045 -Beef, per Sibs; suck l i n g 3.—Aboutan average business was was a good demand for prime stook at fall prices ; otherwise, the trade was heavy at late rates. Beef, from 3s 6d' to 5s Od ; mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 4d ; lame, 6s Od to 6s Rri ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 3d; 5 4 8 8 s 6 6 0 d d u p T t e o n r A 6 B:lb:s:b A ; y u t ic h u e s c t a 3 r . c_as T e. here and pork, 3s 64 to 45 6d per 81bs, to sink the offal. transacted to-day, as from 35 6d to 5s Od ; mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 4d; lamb,s Od to 7s Od ; veal, 3s 10d 205 to 235; and to R4oBuBFdo;Roa,ndAupgousrkt, inilch cows, Os to XlB Os each. calves, 16a to 19s ; quarter-old store pigs, ic lss to £4 15s ; new do., .11 3 10 t s o pLelr 11AY MARR2Ts. Smtntrinp.—Old meadow hay, £3 CUMBERLAND: Os a; d -' 45 ; and straw, £1 4s elo ri v,e a rt e X,. to £5 178 ; and straw, £1 y, n 15s to £4 15s ; new do., £3 to £ 4 4s ; clover, £4 Os to 45 168 ; and straw, £1 45 to S 1 lOs per load• s up ply limited. new do, £3 to 4s ' n meadow ha WitruculrzL,--%.,1,.. 4 y, £3 155 to £4 15s; clover, Old A m fair L e a 4 d4 O eoni s w t a h o n ad 45 to £1 10s. per loa ' a. r nrm. --- LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Ni3ht.—The Federal war 'steamer Niagara came into thi:; port this afternoon. Nothing definite is known as to her rnoveoents. At pre sent she is anchored in the Sloyne. Her cou2mander and officers have visited the American Consulate. THE IPSWICH MAIL BAG Emus._ On .Tuffs` day, at Manchester, sentence was passed on the woman, Frances Lindley, who was on Friday last charged before Mr. Baron Pigott with having in her possession two was planed in the g the mail van of the train £5 notes, which formed part of the contents of the mail bag Lon donisfotarnLcs stolen some months ago, during its transit from Ipswich tc ened by the London, under under most mysterious and inexplicable circum stances. Eng letter sorter the Ipswieh registered letter bag was n T w h ;h e i beliht registeredwwahsedepositednt swish e s letterae k b i n a w a 8 0 p missed, and the two £5 notes were all that had since been traced of the bag and its °entente. A remittance of £1,282 7s 2d, of which £2OO was in bank notes, was in the bag. The prisoner was identified as the person who had changed the notes by two Yanch.ester tradesmen, and, in spite of her denial, was found guilty by the jury. A. former con viction for pocket picking was proved against her, and sen tence was deferred until Tuesday morning, when Mr Baron Pigott sent her to prison for 18 months` hard labour. Great Child Murder, Yesterday forenoon an inquest was held by Dr. Lankester at the Elephant and Castle, King'aroad, Camden-town, on the body of a male child, which had been registered as " Henry Bowen," the off spring of a woman named " Mary Hartley," which was discovered dead up a chimney. The accused, who was in custody, was produced before the coroner's court by order of the Secretary of State for the Home Department. She is a fair, well looking woman, about 28 years of age, and appeared very weak and much affected durin g the proceedings. Eliza Taylor, a nurse in the lying-in ward of Clerken well Workhouse, said she knew the accused by the name of "Annie Bowen." She was ad mitted on the 16th July, and gave birth to a male child the same evening. She said it was her seventh child, and only one was alive. She discharged her self and left the workhouse shortly after 10 o'clock on Saturday morning last. The child was in good health at the time, and left with its mother. Eliza Screwby, servant at the Harrison Arms, Harrison-street, Gray's-inn-road, said that on Satur day morning, about half-past 10, the accused came to the bar and asked for a glass of hot gin and water. Told her they had no hot water ready, and she said she would not, as she was tired, and she went into the parlour. Having boiled some water witness took the hot glass of gin and water to her. Hartley asked her to shut the door as she wanted to fasten her drawers and she did so. Noticed that Hartley hada paper parcel when she came in. About five minutes after having the gin and water accused came out with the glass in her hand and placed it on the counter and then went away. Witness went into the parlour and noticed soot on the hob, which she thought strange, having cleaned the stone about half-past nine. She pushed up the door at the top of the stove, and saw a parcel up the chimney. She pulled at it and the paper tore, and then she saw a white cloth, and on touching it, finding it wet and warm, was frightened and called the potman. Charles Hubbard, potman at the Harrison Arms, deposed to being called about 11 o'clock by previous witness, and to finding a parcel on the right side of the chimney. It was wet and warm. He called a man named Tolmer who was standing at the bar, and he pulled it out. Seeing it was a child, as its face was uncovered, he immediately went after the woman he had seen in the parlour, and on reaching Hunter-street gave her into custody. Henry Tolmer, 53, Harrison-street, said--About 12 o'clock on Saturday he was in the Harrison Arms for change, and heard the two witnesses say there was a parcel up the parlour chimney. He went, and on putting his hand up the opening he found the parcel wedged tight in on the right side, and he got it out with difficulty. He then found it was the,body of a child, with the head and shoulders expose. It was warm, but appeared quite dead. , Police-constable Fk. White, 33 E, said—About a quarter past 12 the witness Hubbard gave the accused into custody, saying the had put a baby up the chimney. Asked her if she had been at the Harrison Arms, and she said " Yes." Then asked Hubbard if the baby was dead, and Hartley said, " Yes, it is dead. lam sorry I have done it now. I wish I had taken it to the workhouse and had it buried." Took her to the station, and when the charge was read over to her she said, " I did not kill it." She attempted to tear up some papers, and among the rest the registrar's certificate, which showed that the child was registered on the 20th July as "Henry Bowen." She tore np several letters, but the one produced, addressed to Mrs Jacobs, 11, Wellington-terrace, Wellington-road, St. Jobn's wood," and stamped ready for posting, was saved. The Coroner said it was a most important letter, and read it to the jury. It was as follows : " July 29, 1864. " Dear Jane,—l received your letter. and am very glad to hear the child has gone. It's better off. lam also happy to tell you that mine is gone; so as I am empty handed I shall come out to-morrow (Saturday), though I am not very well ; but if mine had lived I should have stayed in another week or two, for I don't believe I shall bo able to walk. I shall be obliged to ride up by the Underground, so that if you are out on Sunday I hope you will call, and pray don't torget the gin, for I am in a very delicate state of health at present ; and after living on the fat of the land in the work house for a fortnight, I shalt turn up my nose at anything common. Tall Charles I should have been exceedingly obliged for his kind offer, only there is a family grave dug at Colney-hatch for my son.—So as I hope to see you soon I shall close with my kindest love to you both, frcm yours truly, " A. Bowrx." Catherine Prior identified this letter as one which she saw the accused write on Friday night last at Clerkenwell Workhouse, with the intention of post• ing it in the morning when she went out. She beard her read that part of it about the fat of the land. he had seen the deceased child, which was then a lio and well. M r J. T. Paul,surgeon, was called to see deceased at th e s tation-house. It was quite warm, and to all appearance just dead. It was about 14 days old, a nd was a Well nourished male child. On making a post.morten; examination he found under the scalp a considerable effusion of blood. There was an effusion of seruCi in the ventricles, and the chest and lungs were much congested. There was no sign or smell of poison. The cause of death was suffocation. By the Coroner—Examined the accused woman Hartley, who admitted she had given birth to a child, and said it took place in the grass at High gate on the Thursday week previous. She had a quantity of baby's clothing sewn on the inside of her petticoats. She attempted to destroy all papers and writing she had, but witness succeeded in se curing the pieces of the torn certificate, and also the letter which had been read. By the Jury—l have no doubt, from the evidence and my own observation, that the child was put up the chimney alive. The accused, Mary Hartley, having been cau tioned by the coroner, made the loflo wingstataese ment :—From the time the child w as born be w t t r il o e ub at le te d n w il i o t n h o w f in th d e y very hard and choking with the wicd. Wh en Sa turday morning I felt it bre athin g gaontdtolthweasHarri son Arms it was half past eleven, there would choke. After leaving th e workhouse on s n P u a r s s m e to a n i d t , I a as a l ve was of t a e f n r a c e i d i up the chimney. This i s all I have to say. half an hour. The child was dead before it was p at The witness Taylo r contradicted the statement e called to the child hav ing the windy spasms - Th er e being no fu rther The Coroner addresed t e jury, who, after a few minutes deliberation, returned a verdict of " Wilful evidence, e murder against Mary Hartley," and the coroner at once made out his warrant for her committal to Newgate for trial. The accused was afterwards examined at the Clerkenwell Police-court, and thence also committed for trial on the charge. SPQR , LING INTELLIGENCE,—This Day, BRIGHTON RACES —THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) FIFTH BIENNIAL STAKES. Durham .............................. 1 Olivia CLARET STAKES. ...... 2 Eight ran. .................. Nebula .. LATEST BETTING, EBOIL HANDICAP. sto 1 agst East Lancashire (taken) ST. LEGER. 20 to 1 apt Knight of Szoudon (taken) Scottish Chief reported scratched. ACCEPTANCES AT LEWES. Do Warrenne Handicap. T,Y.C. Age st lb Age st lb Cranbury Marigold .. .. Attraction ... 38 3 Olivia.... Summersiie ...... 4 7 10' Starbeam Gallus Deception Peignoir Rouge Crosse 7 7 Attache .. .. ldrake Confederate - -- Lewes Handicap. Age st lb Bally Edmond 6 8 12 Magnum Bonum 5 8 4 Summerside Canzonette Dr Syntax 4 7 8 The Clown Canary Suspicion Portland Welter Cup. Two miles. b The Stranger .... Ag 3e 6 et ' 4 Redcap ......... . 3 6 4 Madcap .......... 3 6 4 Retainer ........ 3 6 1 Sheridan ......•. 3 6 1 Jeanette.......... 3 6 1 The Sluggard .• •• 3 6 1 Orphene at. lb. et. lb. Deerfoot ........ 11 12 Plover Bally Edmond ...... 11 9 ' Portland Monk Nanrico Accident Nebula Disappointment .... 10 0 ' Greenland 9 0 Margery Ace of Hearts Weights for till st lb Aristocrat Nakubova 8 7 Attache 8 4 Vest colt St. Vincent Auditor Lord Waldegrave 7lO Gipsy Boy 7 10 Nursery plate. st lb Trines . ............. 7 0 Rose of Denmark.... 7 0 Herschel .......... 6 12 Corporal Trim ...... 6 12 Lovelace Volatile Ptarmigan 6 10 Little Pickles Quit Thublet .. 6 10 Imogene filly .. 6 10 Scylla Victory King of Greece 6 7 Contraband Chesterfield British Queen 6 H pe Doetord - Provisor 7 7 Salliet 7 7 Vigilant .. 7 4 Spain Simple Maid 7 4 Sisyphus Flying Horso . . 7 2 Tilt 7 2 Sympathy Cedrie A Scene in the Belfast Council Chamber. The Belfast Northern Whig reports a quarterly meeting of the town council, in which Mr Rea figures prominently, and is treated after the manner in which he was dealt with by the committees of the Houses of Parliament. Mr Rea had made long speeches upon the various subjects that had come before the council, and at about the middle of the business he discoursed upon the packing of the burgess roll, a question which, in the M a y or ' s op i n i on, had nothing whatever to do with the subject in hand. When the Mayor remonstrated, Mr Roa replied—" 1 tell you not to stifle debate, and if you do, I charge you with being one of the conspirators. (Clamour and confusion.) You will be the first man I will put in my informations." (Order, order.) Mr Rea frantically gesticulated, and waved his hand as if wishing to be heard—the Mayor standing, and the whole council room in disorder. Mr Rea shouted away, and concluded with the words—" Perjury and subor nation of perjury of the foulest description. The case of John Lytle and John Rea will last longer than the case of the Queen against Potts and others." Mr Rea then sat down, and Alderman Mullen got up. Mr Rea then rose again, and said, "1 have not done yet; but I will yield pro tempore to Mr Mullen." Mr Mullen was then pro ceeding to say, " After this extraordinary conduct," when Mr Rea called to the Mayor---" I charge you with being one of the conspirators that aided to procure the bill by fraud ; and I charge you with a violation of your oath de liberately committed." The council chamber was then in confusion, and the public outside the bar were in ecatacies. Mr Rea declined to withdraw the expression and refused to apologise. "I repeat it," said he; "and that you prosti tuted your cffice to it, and committed a fraud on the rate payers of Belfast." The Mayor rang the bell, and the two chief constables appeared in the room. The Mayor directed to have Mr Rea removed from the room. Chief-constable Green touched him upon the shoulder and told him to go out with him. "Touch me, and I will go ; you know by whose orders," said Mr Rea, He then walked out with the chi of constable and was taken to an ante-room, where he was followed by a great number of people. When he had collected himself, he walked into the portion of the council room allotted to the public outside the bar, and, rushing through the people, he sprang over the barrier, his foot caught in the rail, and he fell full length on the floor. Chief constables Green and advanced to him, and, tak ing him by the collar, commenced to remove him. He threw himself on the ground on his b ack, and caught the large table by one hand and a chair by the other, determined to rebel every inch of the way to the door. The council table and the chair was taken from him, and he was pulled along the ground by the neck and feet until the constables arrived with him at Mr M'Geagh's chair, which they all fell over. The two chief constables having got to their feet, pulled him out on his back, and delivered him to a posse of coil , . stables in waiting to take charge of him. The scene was the most exciting ever witnessed in the council room, and was a climax to all the outrageous pro ceedings which have taken place there during the last two years. When taken out, Mr Rea asked the chief constable by whose order he had been taken out the second time; he had done nothing, he said, deserving of expulsion by force, and the Mayor would rue it to the latest day of his life. The business of the council was proceeded with, and was quietey got through. At the conclusion of the business Mr Rea entered the council chamber and demanded and obtained from the Town Clerk copies of all the resolutions passed from the time he was so summarily rejected. He told the mayor that salmis consequences would result from the proceedings of that day, The mayor shortly after left with Mr Preston, and was cheered by the crowd assembled in Police-square. When Mr Rea appeared he harangued the crowd for a few minutes, threatening all sorts of action for conspiracy. And thus one of the most extraordinary meetings ever held in ti) Town Hall terminated. • EAST LONDON BANK. —(THIS DAY.)—The first general meeting of the shareholders of this bank was held to-day. The report stated that the gross profits have been L 10,576 178 lld ; against this had been charged the current expenses of the head office and branches for the half year amounting to £3,941 4s; interest on current and deposit accounts amounting to £2,037 108 2d; rebate calculated at the Bank rate, at the date of making up the accounts, viz., 6 per cent., amounting to £1,640 6s Id; leaving an available balance of £2,957 17 Bd. The directors recommended that this sum be appropriated as follows—A dividend at the rate of £5 per cent. per annum for the past half-year, free of income tax, on the original capital (X 60,000); which absorbs £1,500. Interest at the same rate, also free of income tax, on the new capital (S 10,000), from the date of calls to June 30, which amounts to £683 Gs 83, leaving a balance (including rebate) to be carried forward to the present half year of £2,414 17s ld. The premium of 30e per share on the 8,000 new shares, amounting to £12,000, had in accordance with the circular of Dec. 26 last, been appropriated to the formation of a re serve fund, and was now invested £13,296 8s consols. The directors would submit to the meeting, for confirmation, the resolution of the board increasing the capital of the cora., pany frm £1,000,000 to £2,000,000. Vice- Chancellor who refused an an appeal from theWdEeScTisOioNn'Soif the t application made to him to disch „ arge the undert a ki ng given by Mr Weston not to o p en his Retreat" at K en ti s h -town for public entertai nment unti l the cause of Copestoke v. Weston had been decided, was made to the Lords Justices, on the ground of delay in proceeding with it. It was finally arranged by their lordships that the plaintiffs should pro ceedwith:the su it with all possible expedition, and that in the meantime the undertaking should stand, except that mr Weston was to be allowed to have any music for which a licence would not be required, and he was to be permitted to send up balloons, The citizens of Dublin are most anxious that the Channel fleet, now on passage to Cork, should visit Dublin Bay. The town commissioners of Kingstown and Daltay have sent memorials to the Admiralty on the subject. There is no doubt but that such visits are very useful in manning the navy, as they excite a desire for the service among the young men, while entailing no extra expense on the Government. ---- - ALARMING ACCIDENT TO A BALLOON.—On Tues• day Captain Orton ascended in his balloon —the " Princess Alexandra"—from Aston-park, Birmingham ; but, before doing so, an accident occurred which had well nigh caused the destruction of the aerial machine. Some one, it is supposed, struck a match for the purpose of light• ing a pipe or cigar, close to the balloon, and in an instant a flitme some 12ft, high was found issuing from the valve. With great presence of mind the aeronaut covered up the aperture with a piece of canvass, and the lane was at once extinguished by the attoppage of t he exit of gas into the air. Little damage was ne to the balloon, The number of patients relieved at the Hospital for Diseases of the Chest, 67, Margaret .street, Cavendish square, was 67 during the week, MN.. 11 1 r 13.14.1 ' 4.18.4, 12.10